Portent Soul, 2024
digital video; installation

A collage auto-documentary about the hermeneutical injustice of growing up trans in the '90s. Using the prophetic processes of my Etruscan ancestors, can I scry the footage of my past to determine the outcomes of my present?

Accompanying zine here (print-out) and here (digital).

portent (por· tent; ˈpȯr-ˌtent)

noun

1. something that foreshadows a coming event: OMEN, SIGN

2. prophetic indication or significance

3. MARVEL, PRODIGY

portentous (por· ten· tous; pȯr-ˈten-təs)

adjective

1. of, relating to, or constituting a portent; having a menacing or threatening aspect.

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I tread the path of stars aligned;

my cosmic journey, undefined.

In every breeze, a prophecy:

the subtle hum of destiny.

My portent soul, both young and old,

seeks sanity: a hand to hold.

Trailer for PORTENT SOUL, 2024.

iMappening 2024 poster. Graphic designed by Halo Starling; poster layout by Luke Fischbeck, with support from Halo Starling and David Kelley.

Portent Soul, installation view, iMappening 2024.

Portent Soul, install shot of furniture, iMappening 2024.

Portent Soul, installation view, iMappening 2024.

Portent Soul, installation view, detail, iMappening 2024.

Portent Soul, installation view, iMappening 2024.

iMappening 2024 graphic; designed by Luke Fischbeck, with support from Halo Starling and David Kelley.

An accompanying zine for Portant Soul, titled FVLGVR CONDITIVM: Lightning was buried here.

Download a printable version of the zine to assemble at home here. A digital flip-through version is here.